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Wed, 01 Jun 2022 10:27:34 +0000
News24.com | 'We must work together' - WHO says Africa must not be left behind in monkeypox fight
The World Health Organisation is rallying its partners to come up with a plan that won't leave Africa behind in the fight against monkeypox.

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 06:22:56 +0000
News24.com | Crime knows no nationality: 'You must deal with criminals, not Zimbabweans' - Gwede Mantashe
ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe urged South Africans not to identify criminals by their nationality.

Mon, 16 May 2022 20:10:16 +0000
News24.com | Talk to us: How does the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit termination affect you?
Are you affected by the decision by government to terminate the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit? News24 wants to hear from you. If you would like to feature in our series highlighting the human impact of this decision, send us a mail to feedback@news24.c...

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 08:23:44 +0000
News24.com | ANALYSIS | The unresolved puzzle: Why does resource-rich Africa have food security issues?
Africa is blessed with vast and fertile mineral resources, which are in abundance. However, the level of hunger on the continent is almost comparable to none, and the state of food insecurity is worsening day by day. Johannes P.S. Sheefeni examines w...

Tue, 31 May 2022 18:57:12 +0000
News24.com | UK aims to send the first group of asylum seekers to Rwanda on 14 June
Britain aims to send a first group of asylum seekers to Rwanda in two weeks' time, as part of a policy which the government says is designed to break people-smuggling networks and stem the flow of migrants across the Channel.

Tue, 31 May 2022 13:41:00 +0000
News24.com | 'Situation is set to get worse' - drought threatens starvation in Africa, UN and aid agencies say
Millions of people face severe hunger in the Horn of Africa as the worst drought in more than 40 years could extend to a fifth consecutive failed rainy season, the United Nations and humanitarian agencies have warned.

Tue, 31 May 2022 12:40:56 +0000
News24.com | Anti-Rwanda protest in DR Congo over alleged rebel 'backing'
Relations have been strained since the mass arrival of Rwandan Hutus in eastern DRC after the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

Tue, 31 May 2022 12:16:52 +0000
News24.com | Sudan's military junta starts releasing political prisoners, lifts state of emergency
The AU, Intergovernmental Authority on Development, and UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission have welcomed the release of political prisoners in Sudan as a positive step forward.

Tue, 31 May 2022 11:20:27 +0000
News24.com | OPINION | Divine Fuh: Undoing the empire: To decolonise, Africans must learn to eat each other
Amid autochthony struggles and political fights over resource control, food remains one of the only frontiers in which conviviality continues to hold across borders and identity differences. writes Divine Fuh.

Mon, 30 May 2022 17:27:53 +0000
News24.com | Three arrested after Senegal hospital fire kills 11 babies
Senegalese police have made their first arrests in connection with a fire at a hospital in which 11 babies died, trade union sources said on Monday.

Mon, 30 May 2022 17:27:01 +0000
News24.com | Togo becomes fourth African country to eradicate trachoma
Togo has become the fourth African country after Morocco (2016), Ghana (2018), and the Gambia last year to eradicate trachoma, an eye disease that can cause permanent blindness.

Mon, 30 May 2022 16:28:38 +0000
News24.com | EU comes up with 'solidarity lanes' to move grain from Ukraine to Africa
The president of the European Union Commission has assured Africa that the EU is working on "solidarity lanes" - a method Ukraine can use to resume exports to alleviate a global food crisis.

Mon, 30 May 2022 10:40:10 +0000
News24.com | Egypt court jails former presidential candidate for 15 years
A court in Cairo sentences Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh and several other Islamist leaders to lengthy jail terms.

Sun, 29 May 2022 13:00:30 +0000
News24.com | 'I will restore unity' - Nigeria opposition picks Atiku Abubakar for president in 2023
The main opposition party in Nigeria has picked former vice president Atiku Abubakar as its candidate for the 2023 presidential elections.

Sun, 29 May 2022 10:50:25 +0000
News24.com | 'When we arrived, it was already too late' - civilians killed in eastern DR Congo rebel attack
Several civilians have been killed by rebel fighters in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to the country’s army and civil society groups.

Sat, 28 May 2022 21:36:52 +0000
News24.com | More than 30 die in stampede at Nigeria church event
More than 30 people were killed on Saturday in a stampede in southern Nigeria during an overcrowded church charity event where food was being distributed.

Sat, 28 May 2022 18:29:10 +0000
News24.com | Rwanda Defence Force says 2 of its soldiers detained in the DRC
Rwanda implicated the Democratic Republic of Congo and a rebel outfit in the disappearance of two Rwanda Defence Force soldiers last week.

Sat, 28 May 2022 16:31:40 +0000
News24.com | Why RwandAir has been banned from operating in DRC airspace
The diplomatic strain between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo has culminated in the latter banning RwandAir from flying into its territory.

Sat, 28 May 2022 14:31:14 +0000
News24.com | ‘Slavery, rape, torture’: Libya threatened by foreign fighters
Migrants ‘extremely vulnerable’ to rights abuses carried out by foreign fighters and armed groups, UN report says.

Fri, 27 May 2022 20:29:37 +0000
News24.com | Benin 'at war with terrorism' after 20 armed attacks
The West African state of Benin, which is threatened by the spread of jihadist violence from the Sahel, has suffered around 20 attacks, according to the first official tally of these assaults.



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